Residents of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, would not allow Government’s imposition of a transmission tower on the community playground when there are alternative locations in the community, says Aubrey Norton, former People’s National Congress/ Reform Member of Parliament.The contentious Plaisance playground.Norton,Supply Authentic NFL Jerseys, a resident of Plaisance, said that residents do not object to the construction of the tower but rather the location chosen by Government. He said that residents would now have to explore their options and take relevant actions.He made those comments in response to Government’s main Spokesman, Dr. Roger Luncheon’s utterance,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, that “Government will not allow this project to be hijacked and to be treated so irresponsibly.”Dr. Luncheon was referring to recent protest actions by residents against the construction of the tower that caused the Chinese contracting firm Huawei,cheap nfl jerseys, in collaboration with local subcontractors to temporarily halt during his post-Cabinet press briefing, on Friday,Nike Air Max Cheap Wholesale, at the Office of the President.“The e-governance team would be seeking to resolve the matter…I don’t believe I could contemplate another site identified as resolving the matter. Our intention in having the matter resolved is to have the matter resolved as planned,” Dr. Luncheon stated.“If this matter is resolved to our mutual satisfaction, we’ll have a new hole dug,China Jerseys,” he added.Senior officials of the government had earlier indicated that after the protests the setting up of the e-governance tower would be shifted to another location. This was indicated by the head of the project,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, Alexei Ramotar.According to Norton, Dr. Luncheon’s comments are contradictory since the outcome on one hand cannot be mutual satisfaction when on the other Government has already made a decision where the tower should be.He said that the most suitable location for the tower should be where the first Guyana Broadcasting Corporation tower at Sparendaam was before Government moved it across the Demerara River to La Parfaite Harmonie. This, residents claimed, was to facilitate the building of mansions for close associates of the administration at “Pradoville 2”.Norton said that according to Guyana’s Constitution citizens must be consulted on matters that will affect them and this was not the case with the construction of the tower.Dr Luncheon said that all the necessary permission was sought and granted by the authorities of the village. However, he could not say if the government gained permission from the elected representatives or from the Interim Management Committee (IMC) which was appointed by the government itself.However, Norton alleged that Government and its IMC comprising 12 People’s Progressive Party/ Civic supporters of the 14-member Council collaborated to have the tower erected on the playground.This tower is one of 55 transmission towers slated to be erected by Government to facilitate its E-governance project.